obligatory
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#OBLIGATORYCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyǵ-#OBLIGATORYFrom Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#OBLIGATORYCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#OBLIGATORY obligatorie, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#OBLIGATORY obligatōrius.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈblɪɡ.ə.t(ə)ɹi/Category:English 5-syllable words#OBLIGATORYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OBLIGATORY
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈblɪɡ.ə.tɔ.ɹi/, /ˈɑ.blɪ.ɡəˌtɔ.ɹi/Category:English 5-syllable words#OBLIGATORYCategory:English 5-syllable words#OBLIGATORYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OBLIGATORY
- (Indic) IPA(key): /ˌɔ.blɪˌɡeʈᵊ.ri/Category:English 4-syllable words#OBLIGATORYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OBLIGATORY
Adjective
obligatory (comparative more obligatory, superlative most obligatory)Category:English lemmas#OBLIGATORYCategory:English adjectives#OBLIGATORYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OBLIGATORYCategory:Pages with entries#OBLIGATORYCategory:Pages with 2 entries#OBLIGATORY
- Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
- an obligatory promiseCategory:English terms with usage examples#OBLIGATORY
- 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory:
- […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.Category:English terms with quotations#OBLIGATORY
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 12:
- [I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails.Category:English terms with quotations#OBLIGATORY
- Requiring a matter or obligation.
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Further reading
- “obligatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle English
Adjective
obligatoryCategory:Middle English alternative forms#OBLIGATORYCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#OBLIGATORYCategory:Pages with entries#OBLIGATORYCategory:Pages with 2 entries#OBLIGATORY
- alternative form of obligatorie
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